At Christmastime I often think about people who would like to celebrate but can’t. Many of us experienced that when Christmas 2020 was cancelled, but this year as usual, families and friends will gather to make merry. Recently I met two people who will be spending the...
This Christmas, I might do something different and buy a book prescription as a gift for a friend or relative. Mostly I’m inspired because I recently met book curator and bibliotherapist Bijal Shah who has the knowledge and insight to recommend or prescribe novels...
I’ve just recovered from an inflammation which forced me to spend a week in bed and only go out for food essentials, despite the early October t-shirt weather which I really wanted to be in. I was on antibiotics which felt like a big deal as it’s only the second time...
Oftentimes I deal with a situation which appears to be bad by entitling it as: A Blessing in Disguise. As I’ve always been a chaser of blessings, the moment trouble appears I’m checking out its benefits. So these days I’m stoically convincing myself that I’ve been...
On any morning of the week a house moth on my wall will spy me sitting at my laptop, working in pyjamas. My deceased uncle Easy would’ve approved because whenever as a child I visited him on certain afternoons, he would always be in his pinstriped pyjamas; and I...
In our winter 2021 edition of In The Square, I featured an interview with the charismatic musician Mo Foster who lived most of his life in Belsize Village. On 3 July this year Mo passed. I went to visit him in hospital a week before he died and all he wanted to talk...
